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Explains the physical principles underlying the behaviour of glaciers and ice sheets. Concentrates on the major advances made in most aspects of the subject in the past 30 years with about half devoted to work done in the last 10 years i.e. since the first edition was published. The new edition is updated, expanded and in SI units

Readership

For graduate students starting research; also for established workers in glacier studies and related subjects such as geophysics, ice physics and geology

Details

About the Author

W. S. B. Paterson

Affiliations and Expertise

Emeritus, University of Copenhagen, Australian Antarctic Division, and Canadian Polar Continental Shelf Project

Reviews

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Independent opinion of the Second Edition:
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@qu:The second edition of W.S.B. Paterson's excellent textbook is now available...it is a very valuable source of information for any scientist becoming involved in some field of glaciological research.

News Bulletin of the International Glaciological Society
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@qu:The first edition of The Physics of Glaciers was published in 1969 and was widely acclaimed at that time. It became the standard textbook for students of glacier dynamics. Because of the considerable advances in understanding glacier flow that have been made in the past twelve years, we are indeed fortunate that Stan Paterson has taken the time to prepare a second edition.

National Science Foundation
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